Does anyone remember the horrible cheap veined tiles in the 70"S

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ha ha, chicken tiles TV, also tex tile I think Johnsons or Pilks did a rip off of Crystal. Can you see the chicken on Daves pic?, I used to get a roasting off my tiler ( boss) for drawing eyes on the chicken, (4.25" or 6"x6") happy days:lol::yikes:

 

[Brian the Tile]

textile vein johnsons stoke on trent made them and pilkingtons in manchester made them also think they was the only tlies about apart from black or white when i started fixing everybody had them

 

[user123]

Michael from 'Tiles In Your Garage' might have some, mightn't he? Where's the link?

 

[White Room]

Tiles in Your Garage - The Discontinued Tile Trading Web Site

 

[tommyzooom]

Ha, I remember them, we had them in our house when I was a nipper. I used to look for ones facing the wrong direction.lol
maybe it put tiling into my head?

I never saw a chicken tho

 

[White Room]

They were still in my Dads house (kitchen splash backs) when we sold it 4 years ago..

 

[paul damian]

Theyre actually called bird in the bush ,, yep straight up.

 

[Gazzer]

Here is the Birdie/Chicken !

 

[tommyzooom]

Here is the Birdie/Chicken !
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I see it now,
When I was young, all I could see was the ghoulish hand/claw in the top right corner, used to freak me out!

 

[doit4u]

Always the way isn't it. Only a few months ago I was sorting my garage and found 4 boxes of these. I thought of putting them on ebay as retro is supposed to be all the rage but my daughter said I was would be waisting my time so I dumped them. Still have 8 as a sink splashback in the understairs loo.

 

[Michael kiss]

Can all you tilers restore any discontinued wall tiles you can get and sell them on www.tilesinyourgarage.co.uk Big thank you, Michael

i will be removing some in about 2 weeks*